christina coleman has more on what we are finding out the day after. christina. hi, neil. yeah, paul pelosi suffered a skull fracture and serious injuries to his arms and hands, but fortunately is expected to make a full recovery and underwent successful surgery yesterday to repair the skull fracture. house speaker nancy pelosi arrived at san francisco general hospital to be with her husband last night. and she flew in from washington d.c. after the attack. the suspect 42-year-old david depape broke into the pelosi s san francisco home in the upscale neighborhood. a family member travelling with the house speaker says the suspect was trying to tie him up until the house speaker got home. and shouting what is nancy? where is nancy. she was not home at this time. and san francisco s d.a. says by making a phone call he likely saved his life. officers witnessed the 82-year-old paul pelosi get attacked with a hammer. mr. depape immediately pulled the hammer away from mr. pelos
While baby boomers far outpaced other age groups in pet spending in 2021, spending evened out among all Americans in 2022, per an eTailPet analysis of BLS data.
to your points of october and typically a rocky month to use your words, this october looks pretty smooth and i think it s because of the fact that the market has gotten ahead of itself when it comes tt negativity in the economy. so one of the things out there, too, neil when it comes to consumer numbers and susan lee talked about it in the package there, some of the big tech spenders and advertising dollars that are flying up. the economy has 99 problems and i think the consumer is definitely one, but if you look at halloween spending being the second biggest spending holiday ahead of christmas or after christmas, rather, number one on pet spending by the way with respect to that, holiday spend, i think you actually have a chance to see the consumer rally into the end of year given that things were so negative throughout the summer. neil: well, i agree with you on that. reese s peanut butter cups would have to get to an amount where i would say no mas. i wonder if we re dismissing the
pet spending in the us exceeded $100 billion and many brands invest a lot more to capture the eye of consumers because they are willing to spend a lot of money on their pets, right? they want to pamper and give them the best. many brands recognise that this is a market that has high disposable income and i want to target these people. i think this channel of marketing would get more popular. the engagement we received for this post was very positive so we will continue working with pet influencers to get the reach that comes along. the mind boggles! i never thought i would see a